Re: [PATCH] NTB: fix possible name leak in ntb_register_device()

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On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 10:13:50AM +0800, Yang Yingliang wrote:
> From: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> If device_register() returns error in ntb_register_device(),
> the name allocated by dev_set_name() need be freed. As comment
> of device_register() says, it should use put_device() to give
> up the reference in the error path. So fix this by calling
> put_device(), then the name can be freed in kobject_cleanup().
> 
> Fixes: a1bd3baeb2f1 ("NTB: Add NTB hardware abstraction layer")
> Signed-off-by: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/ntb/core.c                            | 8 +++++++-
>  drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-vntb.c | 6 +-----
>  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/ntb/core.c b/drivers/ntb/core.c
> index 27dd93deff6e..d702bee78082 100644
> --- a/drivers/ntb/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/ntb/core.c
> @@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ntb_unregister_client);
>  
>  int ntb_register_device(struct ntb_dev *ntb)
>  {
> +	int ret;
> +
>  	if (!ntb)
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  	if (!ntb->pdev)
> @@ -120,7 +122,11 @@ int ntb_register_device(struct ntb_dev *ntb)
>  	ntb->ctx_ops = NULL;
>  	spin_lock_init(&ntb->ctx_lock);
>  
> -	return device_register(&ntb->dev);
> +	ret = device_register(&ntb->dev);
> +	if (ret)
> +		put_device(&ntb->dev);
> +
> +	return ret;
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(ntb_register_device);
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-vntb.c b/drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-vntb.c
> index 3f60128560ed..8e4ed188ad5c 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-vntb.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/endpoint/functions/pci-epf-vntb.c
> @@ -1278,15 +1278,11 @@ static int pci_vntb_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
>  	ret = ntb_register_device(&ndev->ntb);
>  	if (ret) {
>  		dev_err(dev, "Failed to register NTB device\n");
> -		goto err_register_dev;
> +		return -EINVAL;

Even though this is the existing behavior, you should return ret.

- Mani

>  	}
>  
>  	dev_dbg(dev, "PCI Virtual NTB driver loaded\n");
>  	return 0;
> -
> -err_register_dev:
> -	put_device(&ndev->ntb.dev);
> -	return -EINVAL;
>  }
>  
>  static struct pci_device_id pci_vntb_table[] = {
> -- 
> 2.25.1
> 

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